The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Nazis: Persecution, Deportation, and Murder, 1933-1945

The Jehovah's Witnesses endured intense persecution under the Nazi regime, from 1933 to 1945. Unlike the Jews and others persecuted and killed by virtue of their birth, Jehovah's Witnesses had the opportunity to escape persecution and personal harm by renouncing their religious beliefs. The vast majority refused and throughout their struggle, continued to meet, preach, and distribute literature. In the face of torture, maltreatment in concentration camps, and sometimes execution, this unique group won the respect of many contemporaries. Up until now, little has been known of their particular persecution.

Author: Michel Reynaud, Sylvie Graffard
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 05/29/2001
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.78w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780815410768

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/21/2001 pg. 98
Foreword 09/01/2001 pg. 65
Choice 05/01/2002 pg. 1654

About the Author
Michel Reynaud is the founder of the French publishing company, Editions Tiresias and a scholar in the field of World War II deportations. Sylvie Graffard is a writer and a scholar who has been working in the study of deportation since 1960. They both live in Paris. Michael Berenbaum, the president of the Survivors of Shoah Visual Foundation, lives in Los Angeles, CA.